Safety Services Directory

CESA members have a wealth of safely knowledge and services that can contribute to the safe and successful deployment of energy storage within California. If you offer safety-related services that may be implemented by energy storage providers, please contact Emily Yan (eyan@storagealliance.org) to have your services and products included below. 

Carrier Corporation

Website: https://www.carrier.com/commercial/en/us/

Safety Point of Contact Name:
Brian W. Meneghan
Account Executive
Energy Systems Specialist | Government Solutions
Brian.Meneghan@Carrier.com
518-415-2003

About Carrier Corporation: 

Founded by the inventor of modern air conditioning, Carrier is a world leader in high-technology heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions. Carrier experts provide sustainable solutions, integrating energy-efficient products, building controls and energy services for residential, commercial, retail, transport and food service customers. Carrier’s HVAC business is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, a leading global provider of innovative HVAC, refrigeration, fire, security and building automation technologies.  

Service Customer Type Service Details
Thermal Battery Conditioning / Management Service Manufacturer, Developers, Power Density Designer  Functional thermal safety review and assistance, design review for codes and standards compliance, enhanced battery life, ASHRAE, functional safety analysis

Design Build Labs

Website: www.designbuildlabs.com

Safety Point of Contact Name:
William Robertson
President
william@designbuildlabs.com
310-985-3969

About Design Build Labs: 

Design Build Labs (DBL) is the leading integrated project management, design, and permit expediting firm specializing in Battery Energy Storage Systems.

During fundraising and due diligence, we generate the budget, schedule, site design, architectural design, and municipal paperwork needed to get planning approval and conditional use approval.

Once we have achieved conditional use approval we provide meeting leadership, schedule optimization, construction drawing development, task management, and building permit approval.

We turn expectations into reality by doing all the little things on a project that no one else wants to do.

Service Customer Type Service Details
Due Diligence Modeling Developers, Integrators, Manufactures, REIT, Municipalities, Government  3D site modeling, schedules, budgets, entitlement research and planning.
Schematic Drawings Developers, Integrators, Manufactures, REIT, Municipalities, Government  Site plans and Architectural plans that are needed for conditional use permits.
Conditional Use Permitting Developers, Integrators, Manufactures, REIT, Municipalities, Government  Produce, refine and submit conditional use permitting documentation. Facilitate approvals. Pull permits.
Construction Drawings Developers, Integrators, Manufactures, REIT, Municipalities, Government  Develop drawings for permit compliance and construction. Lead the coordination of subconsultants.
Building Permits Developers, Integrators, Manufactures, REIT, Municipalities, Government   Produce, refine and submit building permit documentation. Facilitate approvals. Pull permits.
Project Leadership Developers, Integrators, Manufactures, REIT, Municipalities, Government  Host meetings, define scope for vendors, suggest corrections to sub consultant documentation.
Progress Documentation Developers, Integrators, Manufactures, REIT, Municipalities, Government  Maintain agendas, minutes and updates to budgets. Provide version tracking documentation.
Task Management Developers, Integrators, Manufactures, REIT, Municipalities, Government  Track all vendors in the development and timely completion of specific responsibilities.
Construction Management Developers, Integrators, Manufactures, REIT, Municipalities, Government  High level leadership and project tracking against budget and schedule goals through construction.
Activation Developers, Integrators, Manufactures, REIT, Municipalities, Government  Manage and execute activation tasks with municipalities and utility companies.
Closeout Developers, Integrators, Manufactures, REIT, Municipalities, Government  Finalize required closeout tasks with developers, municipalities and utilities. Detail the closeout of the general contractor.

Energy Storage Response Group

Website: www.energyresponsegroup.com 

Point of Contact:  
Nick Warner 
Principal 
nick.warner@energyresponsegroup.com 
740-981-7683 

About Energy Storage Response Group (ESRG):

Energy Storage Response Group (ESRG) is the energy storage industry’s first and only complete provider for safety and emergency management solutions. Offering expertise in testing, code compliance, permitting, site safety, training, emergency response, failure investigation, and post-incident disposal, ESRG stands alone in offering cradle-to-grave safety solutions for the energy storage industry. Learn more about the experienced team, capabilities and experience, and overview of services. 

Service Customer Type Service Details
Certification Advisory Services Manufacturer, Integrator, Financier/Private Equity   Functional safety review and assistance, design review for codes and standards compliance, FMEA, HMA, functional safety analysis
Code Compliance Services Integrator, Utility, End User, Insurance/Reinsurance  Risk and hazard mitigation assessment, disposal pre-planning, documentation and certification management
End of Life Support Integrator, Utility, End User, Insurance/Reinsurance  Fire and failure investigation, disposal and decommissioning, hazmat remediation
Permitting and Deployment Integrator, Utility, End User, AHJ, Fire Department  Technician, subject-matter expert (SME), first responder, and firefighter training, permitting support along with product safety and design review, fire protection engineering support
Subject Matter Expertise and Training Integrator, Utility, End User, AHJ, Fire Department, Insurance/Reinsurance  24/7 SME availability in conjunction with cloud-based monitoring, whitepaper and industry movement reports regarding safety and compliance, emergency response planning and SOP development
Testing Manufacturer, Integrator  UL 9540A, Internal Fire, External Fire, Research and Product Development, Pre-certification

Li-Ion Tamer Group

Website:  https://liiontamer.com/ 

Safety Point of Contact:  
Steve Cummings 
Sensors Business Unit Manager 
s.cummings@nexceris.com 
(614) 824-9319 

About Li-Ion Tamer Group:  

The Li-ion Tamer® products were developed by the dedicated team at Nexceris, LLC.  Founded in 1994, Nexceris prides itself in its core values of innovation, customer service, passion, and integrity.  Our dual passions for safety and supporting the growth of clean alternative energy lead us down the path of the Li-ion Tamer® development.  The technology was first developed by Nexceris with support of the U.S. Navy to improve the safety of lithium ion battery installations on-board ships.  Since then the technology has evolved into products for utility and commercial and industrial battery energy storage systems.  In 2020 we partnered with Xtralis, a Honeywell company, to leverage their world-wide network of distribution, sales, and installation expertise.  The partnership aims to continuously improve the Li-ion Tamer products and provide innovative safety solutions, building a safety platform for all lithium-ion battery users, and enabling the growth of clean energy. 

Service Customer Type Service Details
Lithium-ion Battery Safety Products AHJ / End User, Integrator, Manufacturer   Off-gas Detection System Design, Integration Drawings, Specification Development, Applications Engineering, Battery Failure Testing, Product Development
Webinars, lunch and learns, and other educational materials AHJ / End User, Integrator, Manufacturer  Informational discussion on the stages of a battery fire, detection methods for each stage of the failure and mitigating actions that can be taken. The material includes data of battery failure testing and case studies.

UL LLC

Website: https://www.ul.com/offerings/energy-storage-system-testing-and-certification

Safety Point of Contact:  
James Trudeau
Global Business Development Manager
james.trudeau@ul.com

About UL:  

Around the globe, UL works to help customers, purchasers and policymakers navigate market risk and complexity. UL builds trust in the safety, security and sustainability of products, organizations and supply chains – enabling smarter choices and better lives. Our robust suite of offerings includes testing, inspection, auditing, certification, verification, training, advisory services and software solutions. Learn more UL.com.

Service Customer Type Service Details
Safety testing and certifications to UL, IEC, CSA, UN and other standards OEMs, Integrators, Developers  UL provides safety testing and certifications to nearly all available battery and energy storage system standards including UL 9540 and UL 1973.
Large scale fire testing to UL 9540A OEMs, Integrators, Developers  UL is the leading provider of UL 9540A testing for cell, module, rack and installation level to assist with complying with NFPA 855, ICC IFC 2018 and 2021. With over 2 years of providing formal testing reports we can assist you in getting your testing done quickly and efficiently.
Professional & Advanced Advisory Services Developers, Independent Power Producers, Financiers, Insurance Providers, OEMs, Utilities, Municipalities and Electric Cooperatives  UL provides comprehensive advisory and technical due diligence services using distributed energy resources (DERs) for commercial, industrial, microgrid and utility-scale projects including system sizing, use case analysis (e.g. energy shifting arbitrage, peak demand charge reduction, demand response, capacity merchant market participation and resiliency), technology risk evaluation, warranty compliance, performance guarantees, CAPEX/OPEX assessments and augmentation strategies.
Independent Engineering and Bankability Studiest Developers, Financiers, OEMs  UL’s engineers have a deep background in renewable energy performance and can readily provide independent engineering reports and technology bankability studies for solar PV, energy storage (and the combination) for project for acquisition, divesture, or green-field finance.